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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Why couldn't an operating system be written in ada
Date: 1996/07/20
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Date: 1996-07-20T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <4shjeg$5jk@herald.concentric.net>,
Mark  McKinney  <mckmark@mail.concentric.net> wrote:
>So far its a big job and there is no or little market seem to be the only 
>resons. Although this is certainly prohibitive, are there any technical 
>reasons it can't be done. I'm not really interested in money or time as a 
>constraint. It's purely academic.

If it's an academic project that you'd be doing for curiosity, I say
"go for it." Depending on how much you know already about OS functionality,
you could start by studying the source code for Minix, or even Linux
for that matter, then designing your Ada OS.

I agree with the other writers that there is little or no commercial
reason for an Ada clone of an existing, supported, OS. Why reinvent
the wheel? Why fix what isn't broken?

There is surely no reason why an OS can't be done in Ada, all the way
down to the metal.

Mike Feldman